Type distributing machine



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A. A. LOW.

' TYPE DISTRIBUTING MAGEINE.

Patented Aug. 9, 18 81; I

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A. A; LOW.

TYPE DISTRIBUTING MAGHINE.

No. 245,523. Patented Aug. 9,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABBO'I A. LOW, or BROOKLYN, new YORK.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,523, dated August 9, 1881.

Application filed April 11, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABBO'I AUcUs'rUs Low, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Type-DistributingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of type distributing Inachines described in Letters Patent No. 212,503, granted to A. G. Richards, February 18,1879, and more particularly to improvements in those parts which are represented in Figures 18, 21, 22, and 23 in the drawings annexed to said patent, and which relate to the means for transferring the types from the distributor into the receiving type-cases.

My invention consists in the combination, with the distributinglitter, of a swivel-latch swinging on a pin secured in a supporting-plate, to which is secured a spring which acts upon the swivel-latch, said swivel-latch being fitted into an opening in the supporting-plate, which it fills up completely, so as to prevent pieces of type or other impurities from getting between and causing injury to the working parts of the machine; also, in the combination, with the distributer-lifter, and with the recess in which the same works, of a side plate swinging on a knuckle in the side of the recess near its bottom, a spring acting on the said side plate, and a top plate which projects over the upper edge of the side plate, so as to cover up the space between the inner surface of the side plate and the side wall of the recess, and to prevent broken types or other impurities from getting into said space. I

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents a vertical section in the plane 00 00, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a sectional front view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in the plane yy, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional inside view of my swivel-latch and its support in the plane 2 2, Fig. 5, on a larger scale than the previous figures. Fig. 5 is a transverse section in the plane 00 00, Fig. 4. Figs. 6, 7, 8 are corresponding views of a modification. Fig. 9 is a perspective view, partly in section, of the rim containing the recesses for the distributer-lifters.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter 00 designates the distributer-lit'ter, which works in a radial recess, c in the upper surface of the wheel H, Figs. 1 and 6, and on which the types are deposited, as the same are successively taken out of the type-channel by the distributing mechanism. When said lifter swings upward the type deposited thereon is raised into the type-case M situated above it, Figs. 1 and 2. This type-case is supported by a cone, J, from the bottom of which projects a rim, 1*, which is milled out to form spaces t Fig. 2, for the reception of the bottom ends of the type-cases.

On the top of each of the solid portions of the rim r is secured a block, a, by means of a screw, 1), detached views of which are shown in Figs. 4 and 5. To each side'ot' the block a is secured, by screws 0, a plate, d, which extends down through one of the spaces 15 (see Fig. 2,) and in the bottom part of each of these plates are two recesses, c, Fig. 4, into which are fitted the swivel-latches f. These'latches swing on a pin, g, which is inserted into a hole bored through the supporting-plate d in a direction parallel to its bottom edge, and each of the latches is provided with a nose, It, and

with a spur, i.

On the inner surface of the supporting-plate are two recesses for the reception of flat springs j, Fig. 4, one for each of the swivellatches. These springs act upon the spursi of the latches and force the same out against the inner surface of the recesses in the sup porting-plate d, as shown in Fig. 5, causing the noses of the latches to project outward into the spaces 15 At the moment the distributer-lifter 00 rises it stands opposite to one of the spaces t and when it strikes the lower inclined surfaces of the noses h the latches f swing back, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and when the lifter recedes the noses h catch beneath the type sustained by it and support the same in position, ready to be pushed upward into the type-case M by the succeeding type. In order to allow the noses h to catch beneath the type on the lifter said litter is pro vided with recesses 3 By referring to Fig. 4 it will be seen that the swivel-latches fill up the recesses in the supporting-plate, while the springs jj are sit uated on the inside of said supporting -plate,

so that no open space is left into which broken types or other impurities can lodge, and the danger of disturbing the correct action of the machine from this cause is prevented.

If desired, the solid portion of the rim r can be made separate from the cone J and solid with the corresponding blocks a. as shown in Figs. 6,7, and 8. In this case these blocks a are secured to the cone J, each by two screws, a a, while the supporting-plates (Z are fastened to their opposite sides, each by one or more screws, 0.

I prefer to provide the blocks a with semicircular recesses near their bottom edges to receive the swivel-latches f, (see Fig. 7,) and to form recesses not onlyin the inner surfaces of the supporting-plates, but also in the blocks a, for the reception of the springs j.

The cone J is provided with grooves, to receive the inner edges of the blocks a, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6.

In the radial recesses 2" of thewheel H are placed friction-plates l, which are provided near their bottom edges with semi-cylindrical knuckles m to catch in corresponding grooves, n, in one of the side walls of the recess. A

spring, 0, has a tendency to force the frictionplate loutward, so as to prevent the type on the distributer from jumping.

On each of the partitions 1), between the radial recesses 2' is secured a top plate, q, the edge of which extends over the top edge of the friction-plate l, beneath it, so that the space between said friction-plate and the side wall of the recess is covered up, and broken types or other impurities are prevented from passing into said space.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, ot' the distributer-lifter, the cone J, the sectional rim T the supportingplates (1, the swivel-latches f, fitted into recesses in the supporting-plates, and the springs j, situated on the inside of the supportingplates and acting on the swivel-latches.

2. The wheel H, having the radial recess 2 one of the walls of which is provided with the lateral recess a, in combination with the friction-plate I, having at its lowerend the knuckle m, the spring 0 in rear of the plate, and the separate cap-plate q, detachabl y secured to the partition 1), and having one edge extending over the tree upper edge of the friction-plate, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOWV.

Witnesses:

LYMAN M. CooK, E. I. KASTENHUBER. 

